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Baseball Nightmare by Amazura

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made by Amazura for LD 41 (JAM)

This is my first time participate in ludum dare. This theme a bit unique i think. As my last decision i combine Sport and Horror genres (weird isn't it). Joining in ludum dare event is really fun and i got much experience during this event. Yea.. just let's get into it.

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STORY

Jhony is a famous professional baseball player. he known as 'Homerun King' because He lead his team to final by his 10 Homerun during quarter final. A night before Final match, Something strange happened to Jhony. suddenly He dumped in another world, never knowing why and how, only god who know it. In this another world Jhony met a strange soul of baseball ball, He name it Joe. Joe told Jhony that he trapped in 'World between life and death' Jhony realized that he apart from his body. Well he's a soul right now. Joe Told Jhony that he needs to survive as long as he can from the Souls Eater. Joe gift Jhony a baseball bat and said a valuable quote "If you want to die, Die in baseball way!".

CONTROLS * A & D : Rotate Camera * Esc : Pause * Mouse Left Click (on enemy) : Attack * Mouse Scroll Wheel : Zoom Camera

UPDATE VERSION NOTE - Update the visual for the story - Add some trail to the ball - Fixed hit time

find me on twitter @_amazura

Enjoy The Game!

Windows https://amazura.itch.io/baseball-nightmare
Windows https://amazura.itch.io/baseball-nightmare/devlog/33094/new-visual-for-the-story
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/baseball-nightmare

Ratings

Overall 785th 3.271⭐ 61🧑‍⚖️
Fun 959th 2.845⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 936th 2.914⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Theme 836th 3.241⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 426th 3.733⭐ 60🧑‍⚖️
Mood 340th 3.57⭐ 59🧑‍⚖️
Given 90🗳️ 84🗨️

Feedback

Rapter
24. Apr 2018 · 20:30 UTC
Good Game , amazing idea , good art , 5/5!!!
pickledbrain
24. Apr 2018 · 20:40 UTC
You created a menu with a button that reads, "You need this." lol That's awesome. I liked your models and animations. You picked a tough mix but I can see where you were going with it (I picked golf and robots myself :)
Matoux42
24. Apr 2018 · 21:17 UTC
I died ! :cry:
The game is a bit simple, but I really liked the story and the mood !

GG :smiley:

PS : What is your mother tongue ? :thinking:
🎤 Amazura
24. Apr 2018 · 21:22 UTC
@Matoux42 I'm Asian anyway and yea thanks for playing :D
Killian
24. Apr 2018 · 23:02 UTC
Very cute game. I love the main character's model and animations. His lil slippers are so cute!

The baseball pitch is very bright and colorful. It would be really cool to see what the game would be like if it was dark and misty/rainy.
FliQside
25. Apr 2018 · 00:41 UTC
I really liked this game. The gameplay was really smooth.
Aditya Shukla
25. Apr 2018 · 09:09 UTC
High Score: 32.. You can add more features like some power ups and all. But overall the game is really awesome! Loved it!

btw Check out my game here: https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/memebumps
it's not as awesome as your but still. Thanks!
Freebo
25. Apr 2018 · 13:02 UTC
High score 47, I was quite happy with that. I would have liked the response to be abit quicker. Maybe you can reduce the cooldown between hits, and rather spawn enemies quicker if the game would be too easy otherwise.
Music was fitting, main character model and animation was also well done. I kind of liked that you don't really need to read the whole story before just jumping into the action. Game seems to be missing an exit button. All in all creative story and well executed!
🎤 Amazura
25. Apr 2018 · 19:37 UTC
- fixed little bugs
- fixed the weird camera
Urubi
25. Apr 2018 · 21:04 UTC
Highscore 32, I am just not fast enough :l But I love the style and the controls are really smooth :)
Urban Logic Games
25. Apr 2018 · 21:10 UTC
Nice art, and the game has a great atmosphere. I like the core mechanic but it does start to feel impossible after a minute or so! Great work!
Balance686
25. Apr 2018 · 21:34 UTC
High score 30. Great artwork and animation! Nice mashup of genres and fun to play. Awesome job on your first LD!
auxC
25. Apr 2018 · 21:56 UTC
Looks good, especially the characters are very well done. I also liked the little backstory. It's a pity Jhony dies in the end. Or maybe there is a hidden ending if you get past a certain score? That would be cool. 😉
🎤 Amazura
25. Apr 2018 · 22:02 UTC
@auxC um.. not for now, but I'll think about that later and Thanks for playing! :D
erebus
25. Apr 2018 · 23:11 UTC
Really like the art in the menus, the gameplay feels like it needs another layer. I don't feel like I'm making interesting choices with what I'm doing.
🎤 Amazura
25. Apr 2018 · 23:13 UTC
@erebus thanks for the feedback :smile:
Gaming Night
25. Apr 2018 · 23:57 UTC
Hey, nice game and nice fog here ;)
ALKubo
26. Apr 2018 · 02:12 UTC
the history its really cool. i'm curious to know what happens next, but i think its impossible to kill 100 enemies, so... could you tell me hahaha. good job anyway!!!
Call_me_Nutty
26. Apr 2018 · 09:37 UTC
Interesting concept. I found that sometimes aiming with the mouse felt a bit 'off' there wasn't a lot of feedback telling me when I hit an enemy, some sort of trail would help with making the ball easier to see. I liked the visuals and audio, all fit quite nicely together, good UI too.

The pacing needs to be improved, one second there's 1 or 2 guys and the next there are 20 or 30. The game gets too difficult too quickly and suffers from "This game get's impossible to win at this point" syndrome. As @Aditya Shukla mentioned, some power-ups would have helped in keeping the game interesting.

Otherwise, a good looking game that needs some more polish in the game play aspect to make it something truly special.
🎤 Amazura
26. Apr 2018 · 21:00 UTC
Thanks for the feedback guys. @gaming-night it's the fog from standard asset anyway :laughing: @alkubo The god only know about what happens next, my friend :smiley:. @call-me-nutty thanks for the advice and i'd fix the aiming leter on.
Ja_viera
26. Apr 2018 · 23:39 UTC
I didn't read the story but I wish you would have turned into a little comic strip or something. A really long wall of text will often be skipped so if you really wanted to tell a story you could benefit from visual storytelling!
I really liked the atmosphere and the artstyle, it reminded me of Inside.
The gameplay was fun but the character seemed too unresponsive, I got a bit frustrated there.
🎤 Amazura
26. Apr 2018 · 23:45 UTC
@ja-viera hey thanks the feedback. Actually, I currently make the visual for the story and fixing something. anyway thanks for playing!
Mathiouza
26. Apr 2018 · 23:47 UTC
I really liked the athmosphere of the game ! But the game is too "driven" in the fact that there is too many anemies to kill them all and to survive more than a certain number of kills, it not actually require skill. But the game could be really fun I think. I really enjoyed the music and the art is really cool !

Nice one :) Keep coding :)
webshanks
26. Apr 2018 · 23:59 UTC
Hey! Love the low poly art and animations! LD41 was my first gamejam too, what did you think of it? It helped you? I learned a LOT and I wish to do more jams in the future. Keep up the good work! :)
Markram
27. Apr 2018 · 01:18 UTC
Hey! i liked how well the whole game mood feels.
As a tiny detaill, i had truble about discovering how i should really start playing, at first i thought that i had to wait till the zombies get to me (even after reading the controls n stuff) mby a change on the mouse arrow or indicating that you have to click on the targets in order to shoot could be a nice add!
Tay
27. Apr 2018 · 01:38 UTC
The 3D models are really cool and the general idea/story is great. For a first jam this is definitely good :) I had some issues with the clicking(character shooting bur not rotating or just not shooting at all) and the difficuty seemed to ramp up pretty fast. But overall, great work!
FrostGunn
27. Apr 2018 · 08:41 UTC
Well done!
fox-in-sox
27. Apr 2018 · 21:05 UTC
Pretty impressive work for one person and first Ludum Dare on top of that! It would be nice, if the shooting was faster and more dynamic, as it was really hard to keep up with the zombies. I almost never missed, but it was hard for me to get above 25 no matter what I did.:( But I enjoyed it greatly!
Narudgi
27. Apr 2018 · 21:20 UTC
Super cool game for a first jam and alone, I liked the mood ; the music was a bit repetitive and I had a feel that it lacks a feedback when you press click... (the animation is here but take time) But I'm confused as it could break the mood mmmmh ; good art and game overall, I'll look forward to your next ludum ! c:
Julink
27. Apr 2018 · 21:54 UTC
The mood is very well done! The music is very simple but quite efficient for the mood. And the story make you a litle bit scared. And, I think the enemies go too much fast because my best record is 6. ^^

Good game and gg because it was your first LD and you had a lot of text to write while you don't speak english very well^^
Flameo326
28. Apr 2018 · 01:56 UTC
Interesting. Nice mood and atmosphere, although, I wish the response was a bit faster. It takes the character so long to hit a baseball and kill a zombie.

The story was ok, but it was't too engaging, and I found a few spelling/ grammar mistakes in it. I'm guessing English isn't your first language?
Latrabili Noctu
28. Apr 2018 · 14:13 UTC
Liked the setting and the story, it helped to give the game a very special tone. But I think the text that explains it is way too long. I spent more time reading it that actually playing. Maybe you could make it shorter or merging it into gameplay.
🎤 Amazura
28. Apr 2018 · 17:23 UTC
Thanks for all feedback, @Flameo326 write the story at 2 AM + tired and sleepy :laughing: so it affect the spelling and yea I'm Asian. @latrabili-noctu I currently working on visual for the story and it bit shorter than this one :smile: . anyway Thanks for playing!
Wizcas
29. Apr 2018 · 04:34 UTC
The atmosphere is very well rendered. Love the character's animation, smoke effect and the scene set! The music is a bit repetitive but it's ok for the scary and uncomfortable expression. I think it would be much cooler if there are more elements or variants. Currently it seems too soon to get swarmed by 'zombies' (or whatever they are).
maesk
29. Apr 2018 · 17:47 UTC
Nice game! I enjoyed the music and the look of enemies. I would have just liked a bit more of responsiveness of the bat, at times I'm not sure if cooldown is locking the attack yet or not. Besides that, the animation is cool, as well as the scenery. Good work.
Corbak
30. Apr 2018 · 09:14 UTC
This is a great game, love the graphics, the music, the theme. Simple but yet effective too.
It felt like a real little game.
It would have been great if we could hit the ball faster because at one point too many enemies come at you and you can't do anything about that.
Nicely done !
yancharkin
30. Apr 2018 · 09:20 UTC
Game looks great (especially for a game created in such short amount of time)! Gameplay too basic, but that can (and will?) be fixed, right?
cristiano.m.garcia
02. May 2018 · 16:42 UTC
Good job! Cool game!

I left my rating of your game, if you can leave your feedback in our game, Witch's Escape.

I hope you continue with the project.

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/witchs-escape
Budaniel
07. May 2018 · 17:03 UTC
Decent action, but I wish I could either attack faster or could at least see a better cue of when my attack was ready. The controls worked fine, and the fail state - hands aloft, evaporating into the ether - was a nice detail instead of just printing "you lost" printed across the screen.
PolyHatSteve
08. May 2018 · 03:18 UTC
Very impressive for a jam game, but I can't help but feel like the baseball theme could be expanded upon. For example, if the zombies came from only one direction and you had to successfully hit a pitched ball to attack them or something? Just a thought for how it might be made more unique, (as it is he might as well have a gun, if you get where I'm coming from.) Love the graphics and mood though, and overall quite fun!
🎤 Amazura
08. May 2018 · 22:09 UTC
@Budaniel and @PolyHatSteve thanks for the feedback, really appreciate it. and thanks for playing :smile:
digitaldude555
14. May 2018 · 16:01 UTC
Graphics are good add to the mood with the fog and mist around the ghosts. Like people said gameplay too basic it doesnt feel like two genre but just a shooter with a baseball skin. Anyway good work.
nilead
15. May 2018 · 20:30 UTC
The graphics are very nice and the mood embraces me tightly. Although I think it was too much of one genre and not that much of the other of the mix.